Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-17

/ foreign governments, it is ALLEGED, has
been rTAc'i' COR years. h" men ana
women OF the diplomatic corps never o
10 EurD.,e without taking a lumber 81
orders from their friends for gloves. 'ac'
and yelvets. Sometimes they bring them
back as present and sometimes they are
70, n5ursed In The amount OF uh"lr
actual cost. TDis kind OF smuH-
Cling Is, Of course, considered,
Ut IN much lie. DE-. rec Than the OH nse
OF thp nii-i-ter. Re does not appear 10
Il ell IN The least annoyed over the matter,
however, and Ms tfrOntery IS really
amazing. Tie appeared at the White
House as usual on New Y airs Day, and
has been gu nearly very evening since
to some dinner or reception. and the DIS
closure o. not seem 10 make him un-
happy although he must know it Is the
TAX OF the whole corps, and Is known ny
almost everyone with whom he is ac-
| quaInled. 1t mas lonI b. en- The habit II
! The diplomats u import lar-e quantities
OF fine furniture, wines aud cigars, snd
/ At The end OF he season sell them at auc-
ton. The prices obtained are usua ly
| equal to the lull value Of he goods, and
enough above their cost TO leave hand
srme profit on the transaction, paIttcu-
| laIIy on the furniture and wines.
member OF the corps told friend
| some years ago that he had
! held two auctions since ne
had been in WASHINGTON, and
! bis profits were enough to pay his house
lent lot a year each time. Whenever he
| Ministers, or some Of them at least, i'm
port their wines they bring over enough
10 supply them until they 20 again and
I ;urnisn small store besides. At the
end nt the season they sell what is left at
auction and sometimes make enough to
ray Tor 8 ne wnule lot. TDere is one Mn
istpr nom a sunny cline VINO has DOas Ell
hat his wines have n 1t cost him cent
siuce he nas been IN Washington.
WASHINGTON ETIQUETTE.
The liz es of etiquette are closely drawn
at Washington aud it Iakes but the
shghtest departure to cause Eubbub
among The women who move in society
circles. some people may be surpr sed
to Learn hat the female portion OF suciety
is no lon er dosisna &c ladies. Men ara
women are the correct terms now. 81
many bellies OF the kitchen have adopt d
I he title of lady that society people
Thought it necessary to rev0utIOniZa the
old Gus ON OF speaking OF each other as
eutlemen and adde's, and "Men and
won M is the proper caper now. The
Wv of the Cougressmen were stirred
up IA few DAYS ago by newspaper an
Mrs. Cleveland's Tuesday and Thursday
receptions from noon TIL O'clock Were
Tor her personal friends, wnile the fort
nIthLlY SATURDAY. a terEOon receptions
were for Jbt general public ami wives OF
{, n2resSmen and officials. Mrs. Cleve
and held her first Saturday afternoon re-
ceptOn last Saturday,. 1t was
very ady managed by the
person whose business IL was to-
Mt mil. a aLaIp I'D IN ~
leve and should be able to do so withG1l;
EN- ana sment 10 her or 10 themselves
L ere was very large crowd and tho
crush at mes was almost OVerNOwerinp
nearly 1000 persons pessing<Yhrougn NJ
rooms To paw then! 50 IS BET ween the
hours OF ana 5. At one time the crush
was so great tnat the member
Of the Marine Bad could scarcely
plav for tie crowd which pressed
upon them. This, IL was said, was Whal
vas IN stars for the Congress l0nal ladi 8
~h" desNf}Yd to pay their respects, bul
nQi~1D ing personal friends, were to he
, placed on a level with the gen -ral public.
| II was also recalled that few OF The Con-
! gres5men's wives or daughters could be
! include d in the category even of personal
| acquaintance, because many of them
mad left Wasnin- ton before the Presi.
dents marriage and had only returned
since iH5 DOilURYS. l0aL ueteTm ma
ton oilowed To boycott the White House
can easily be imagined. The little cloud
on the social bOrZGn was dispelled
10y the recent announcement that the
newspaper story was all wrong and that
Mrs. Cleveland ha0 always been pleas ID
b. meet the Congressional ladies Tues
days ana Thursdays, and would continue
TO do so. Tbe veXed question of prece
druce in being called upon, as between
Senator's wives and the wives of Cabinet
ottic rs, has acquired new impetus with
the return OF greater number of the
IOTmer since New IeNr's. 1t bids fair TO
In rfere with the success of many enter
t,inmenJs thus winter as the wives Of
many 5 Da'Ors seem disposed to ignore
invitations from Cabinet iauIes who have
not made first calls upon them. Another
grievance OF senator's wives is that some
pt the Justices wives have begun to NC
knowledge their calls by sending cards
instead of coming IN person. the out
com of all this rivalry j. closely waicled
Uy dis ate esJed parties, and causes a
good deal Of amusement TO those "not in
the SWIM"